Sentences with phrase «glazed building facades»

(6) Straube, John; Can Highly Glazed Building Facades Be Green?

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His vision is for a shimmering brass - clad building on the Stockholm waterfront, featuring a glazed facade that opens out to a new city park.

The redesigned building replaced the original white Vermont Marble with a glazed terra - cotta and glass facade.

The museum's unique two - storey building, with its multi-colored facade composed of thousands ceramic louvres glazed in different colors, houses three separate exhibition areas which are connected by stairs.

The steel trees support timber floors beams, facade glazing and a western red cedar building envelope.

That in our day we still build brand new tract homes with flex duct strung carelessly about a ventilated attic, that many have little to no roof overhangs for shading and wall protection, that many shamelessly orient nearly an entire facade of glazing due west, pierce their ceilings full of recessed lights, place unsealed, non-insulated pull - down attic stairs inside the house and air handlers either in attics or garages... in spite of wonderful innovations in building science over the past several decades... blunders like these and other egregious errors in design and construction continue apace.

The building will be an efficiency powerhouse, featuring 15» walls, triple glazed windows and a louver system along the southwest facade that acts as the building's «gills», which house the heating and cooling equipment and allowing the building system to «breathe.»

The facade, constructed of a prefabricated and airtight metal panel system, will act as a thermally insulated blanket wrapping the building structure, along with triple - glazed windows.

Green features of The Q include rooftop solar panels that power common areas, low - E glazing, and operable windows that allow for light and air to enter the building through «gill slits,» or angled fins, on the building's north facade.